New consumer price indices peg inflation at 6%

Releasing the new series, the government said for a period of one year, the practice of giving the figures in the present form without quoting the inflation rate would be continued 'till the series gets stabilised' and adequate timely receipt of price data is achieved.

It added that these are provisional figures and would be revised subsequently.

The ministry further said all the states have not been included for the new calculations as figures from some of them are yet to be compiled.

These consumer indices have been released for five major groups -- food, beverages and tobacco; fuel and light; housing; clothing, bedding and footwear; and miscellaneous.